The Acolyte Episode 8 Is F***ing Brain Rot (Review)

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The Acolyte episode 8 just released on Disney plus to horrible reactions once again by audiences and critics. And with episode 8 being the finale of The Acolyte it is now official that the show is a complete flop and might just be the worst Disney Star Wars release of all time! In this review of The Acolyte episode 8 I go over the terrible writing, horrible character development and try my best to fix the episode too.
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[@the_morf]

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[@EasyTargt]

Anakin isn’t evil he was just being himself at the Jedi temple

[@thejessegrant]

Bahahahaha

[@serenitynow85]

I mean yeah. The Jedi were making him suppresed his feelings I don't like the Jedi. To many rules veiled as "good actions"... but I'm not a Star Wars fan, so I pretty much don't know what I'm talking about

[@demyxix1273]

Deleting the younglings was just because no one accepted his feelings so he is the true victim in this case!

[@adriankuban3134]

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[@adriankuban3134]

​@@thejessegrantAcolyte episode finale was great it wrapped up all the storylines and lived up to what I predicted in the theories. It was good that they showed us the senator's view of the Jedi order, which I have held all the time since I watched the tragic story of Anakin and all the violence against sensitive individuals, but also the power of worshiping groups and cults that destroyed life. Everyone got what they deserved Sol Mae, Osha, Qimir,... I'm proud of Basil for helping Mae, Qimir's helmet made great sense since we know how strong his connection to the force is. #Hyperspace disaster/ catastrophe and we saw how Vernestra sensed him without her at such a distance. And most of all, they could finally see the life action of our beloved Gigachad of the Moon race, Darth Plagueis, man, his rake and his face are so sexy, it's now clear that he had Qimir before Palpatine. It would be great if Star Wars Legends saw the Darth Plagueis book in a new form for Canon. Anyway, I can't wait for Acolite season 2, I know that they have several series planned to complete the last phase of the High Republic era, because after the books, comics and series Jedi young andventures. Acolite and the game Eclipse are probably the last to close this era. Well, Andor season 2, Tales of the Jedi & Empire together with the Mandoverse projects will close the Skywalker Saga. and then I will gradually move on to Dawn of The Jedi and Jedi New Order. And of course the Old Republic era, so far we only have the confirmed Remake of The Knights of the Old Republic with Darth Revan in the main role. Heck Yeaaaaah the Disney Star Wars timeline is on a much better path than the Star Wars legends projects were. images.app.goo.gl/6xXb8iczBjhxeWmXA I'm glad that George Lucas himself didn't like what they did with Luke, for example, because he probably wanted Luke to be a panic until death because he really hated Mara Jade's character.

[@ZZZzzzap12]

They're losing acclaim. They're losing the fans. They 're losing mooooonnnnney.

[@The1Mustache3]

Money is printed out of thin air. They don't care about money, c'mon buddy think.

[@Silverblade416]

The power of two! The power of one! The power of zeeeeerooooow!

[@rebelwolfofmibu]

😂😂😂😂🎯🔥💯

[@lordmontymord8701]

Actually Disney+ was profitable for the first time last quarter. But that has a lot to do with other factors and i don't think it will go on - not with stuff like this.

[@bladerunner3314]

Just like with christian movies, hammering the message is all that counts.

[@BigDave2024]

If you walk along the street & step in shit, even if it's rainbow coloured, it's still shit.

[@Hydracat404]

I know what you did there, and I like the comparison.

[@nyk2000m]

U insulted shit. This crap show is worse than any rainbow shit.

[@jrmatix]

😂

[@poulinhp]

Yea but it looks pretty!

[@Fleshbag453]

@@poulinhp Still reeks

[@miptias]

the easiest fix it is to never employ Lesley headland ever again. and fire the incompetent Kathleen Kennedy

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahahahaha

[@demyxix1273]

They know about too much dirt in Hollywood

[@takuid]

never happening. this is not a meritocracy

[@gwenwalravens8030]

Fix? The only fix would be to sell Star Wars and make all Disney shows fanfic.

[@corvega_joe]

KK has been in the game since 1976. She has dirt on EVERYONE. They’re terrified of her.

[@tom989]

Palpatine: Executes Order 66 and forces the galaxy into a dictatorship Disney: "He's just being himself"

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

I guess It only works for women of colour

[@jojo198ful]

imagine saying that about real life tryants XD

[@willwidrick8039]

Lol exactly

[@19iason19]

Just like all the real time dictators. They were all funny guys with a bad childhood but at the end learned to be themselves. /s Seriously, it makes me sick thinking about such a logic …

[@Korschtal]

Except Palpatine is male, therefore evil.

[@Kamn_exe]

The lightsaber turning from blue to red is the perfect visualization of these people not getting Star Wars. It's like your little sister stole your action figures and had a tea party with them.

[@craigpridemore7566]

Wish I'd said that...

[@cheemsdoge]

I loved the one episode of Star Wars visions “The ninth Jedi” and it’s take on lightsabers and I think it would be a wonderful adaptation of Star Wars. That’s the keyword, adaptation, not canon.

[@draydengeorge7853]

Darth vader had to go find his own lightsaber, and then had that one taken and had to find a new one. Even he had to mess with the crystals before they turn red, and he had to use all of his hatred and anger to turn it red. She just stood there with no expression while it changed. Sums up this show perfectly

[@moonlight39echo]

Han Solo, Ep 7 "That's not how the Force works!"

[@moonlight39echo]

​I loved that one too, one of my top 3 from Visions, followed by the Village and Ronin. Great, amazing, but no....just no @@cheemsdoge

[@ShinoHanamisa901]

Conclusion:You are better off watching KZbin review of the show than throw many hours on Disney+.

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahaha exactly!

[@noahguymon9938]

That's what I've been doing, I stopped watching after episode 1 and have just been watching these videos of it😂

[@TinyEvilDino]

I stopped watching after episode 5 and just listened to 4 or 5 reviews to sum it all up lol More entertaining + I don't waste my time or money

[@aidancanty-whitt8413]

That’s just not true. The acolyte was a good show and people saying that it was bad are just parroting

[@tarkelson2457]

​@@aidancanty-whitt8413nice bait

[@vudujl83]

If there’s no second season, they could always make music videos complaining about why people don’t like their s**t 😂

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahaha very true

[@Azriel884]

😂😂

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

Sooooooo the lesbian space witches were evil, then? This proves it. Two out of two of the weird force babies turned evil.

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

It’s like did they forget what the Sith do all over the universe to innocent civilizations. Why would they want their protagonist be a partner with them when they do so much worse than anything they shame the good Jedi for in this series.

[@MyLibertyTV]

Osha joining Qimir after he slaughtered two of her Jedi friends and other Jedi makes zero sense. Her killing Sol to avenge her mother is one thing, but she never hated the Jedi as a whole and was actually sad about leaving the academy.

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

"BEST SEASON EVER" Emilia Clarke, Mother of Dragons.

[@nausimur6035]

last season of GOT is a master piece in comparison with that thing

[@pinkyblue1479]

@@nausimur6035I will not rewatch GOT, but I will rewatch Star Wars

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

@@pinkyblue1479 Some people want to kill their brains 🤣🤣🤣I 100% understand, functioning brain hurts too much. Thinking, analysis, facts, comparison's, OUCH OUCH OUCH !!!!!

[@sauce2514]

@@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2 In this day and age, going full brainrot might be a good coping mechanism

[@mighty_one_z]

Masochist activities huh? Lol ​@pinkyblue1479

[@chrism2904]

How to fix the Acolyte: Step 1- use actually talented writers. Step 2- study lore. Step 3- falling step 1&2, remove the show from streaming and forget it ever existed.

[@19iason19]

Step 4: keep the rights for the name, brand and logo of the show in case a author come up with a great idea to fill in new content to overwrite the old nightmarish memories

[@Merializer]

I think it's more important to hire normal people, not gay or woke people.

[@19iason19]

@@Merializer come on. Stop this stupid simplification. My trans-friend who is a hardcore Star Wars fan hates this show. I think we can all agree that this show suffers from very bad writers and directors and some very bad actors. On the other hand there are many anti-woke actors who are as bad as this catastrophe. I would like to ask Steven Seagal to join the stage.

[@Merializer]

​@@19iason19 I said: "more important", I didn't say good writing and acting isn't important. I'm also not against gay and woke people, unless they mess with my life. I have close relatives who are. But they have a weird view on certain things, which I don't like, so I'm pointing out that if you pull in gay (or woke) people and let them lead even, that's the mindset of 5% of the world population that can inject some weird thing that 95% can dislike. If you invest in something, I think 5% versus 95% is a big risk, and it clearly shows. We are all experiencing it. Nobody is happy. Just make gay movies for gay people and other movies for straight people, for example. Does this make more sense now? (I say 5% because ChatGTP says only 5% of the world is gay. I don't have time nor interest to research 100% accurate numbers, that's pointless, I think you get the point).

[@19iason19]

@@Merializer I totally agree with you. Btw: 5 percent is open gay … many people do not dare to come out. Biochemists even argue that 100 percent of people are bisexual … but that’s a total different discussion. The point is (and here we absolutely agree): whatever you personal modern opinion is. Star Wars and the audience is not the platform to promote it. I would also dislike if they would use Star Wars to promote a communist agenda or a Nazi agenda. As much as I liked the movie Avatar and sustainable world: The eco-message of this movie was a little bit too much.

[@cyberassassin6241]

"Osha isn't evil, she is just her true self", oh so this means that Palpatine is also in his true self.

[@thejessegrant]

Bahahahaha I guess so

[@lukaszojej2110]

Isnt he?

[@cyberassassin6241]

​@thejessegrant this is so damn illogical that is actually hilarious.

[@Bonafidius]

no i mean palpatine was himself as a sith lord, you are right this is just a terrible comparison. palpatine was a born psycho if you look into it

[@cyberassassin6241]

​@@Bonafidius exactly.

[@lulas491]

Sooo… was darth plagueis watching smilo ren skinny dipping too?

[@LumpShorts]

Jesus Christ

[@lulas491]

@@LumpShortsmy exact same thought when this thing ended, thank god it’s over

[@Hydracat404]

You bet!😁

[@youngog9150]

the power of rizz

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

Absolutely. And enjoying it.

[@peterrealar2.067]

This ENTIRE series is just a GLORIFICATION OF EVIL.

[@insomnolant6043]

It's made by evil people. Of course it is.

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

And they mask it like it’s a good thing they’re standing up to themselves. No thought at all about what the dark side is going to do in the future and all the innocent people their going to hurt oh but don’t worry she learned to be herself which in this context is evil and contributing to the future of an evil empire. WHY is this supposed to be a good thing!

[@jamesfisher7945]

Exactly. Even the main actor and Headland both said they would choose the dark side if given the chance because it's "cooler".

[@Sigma_meister]

This whole series feels like one of those be yourself videos you would see in 2nd grade just with a complicating plot, so yes it just glorifies everything Mae and osha do, like when mae burned her entire home down but that was justified because the Jedi hurt her feelings

[@peterrealar2.067]

@@Sigma_meister Yeah, the Woke can't make anything that has morals. It's just fragile egos thinking they're geniuses when they're total morons.

[@bofawhatsbofa4593]

🤣the reviews of this show was more interesting than the show

[@craigpridemore7566]

lol I've been watching the reviews MUCH more than I ever watched the shows! More entertaining...😉

[@magvs_mæstro216]

That's probably what Disney is mad at more than they are at the bad(I can say bad, right... KZbin is trippn') ratings.

[@nablamakabama488]

That’s why I didn’t watch the show, I only watched the reviews. I stopped watching StarWars after the last Jedi anyways and I’m definitely won’t pay for a Disney+ account. Disney doesn’t do StarWars, they only make weird, ideological fanfics and nostalgia bait cash grabs.

[@rey_nemaattori]

I haven't watched a piece of star wars since TLJ, but these reviews are absolutely hilarious

[@kath1626]

can't argue with that...

[@rhysdavis5761]

The main issue is that Sol was completely justified in killing the witch mum. They were doing some possession shit, and showed themselves as objectively violent, and starting Thier dark souls final phase transformation, whilst disintegrating the kid....fuck knows what what have happened if she had been allowed to finish. So yeah Sol did kill the mum.....for good reason

[@patriciaa65]

And Osha kills mentor/friend of many years who explains almost everything to her and holds hands with a mass murderer at the end 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rhysdavis5761]

@@patriciaa65 a mass murderer who killed her friends she knew for years, but he's hot so it's all good, coz it's fine to objectify men as sexual objects but not women. Makes sense 😁

[@rhysdavis5761]

@@patriciaa65 and also....what was the point of transforming of she was just gonna let her go anyway? Does she have to check with her smoke monster alter ego coz it's shared custody? Coz it comes across like she was just straight up lying and trying to play the guilt trap card

[@ehdbom]

@@rhysdavis5761yeah and what does she even mean by let her go, almost sounds like she intends on ending her life so she doesn’t have to ”suffer” to the jedis. But for real, what was she intending on doing?

[@Mouse_Metal]

And Maul was completely righful ruler of Mandalore and Gar Saxon and his goons were completely justified when they followed him. But Felony somehow believes Bo-Tox, the whiny, entitled, spineless sociopathic narc, is the good guy for refusing to follow him. The Empire was justified when it destroyed Mandalore because of Bo-Tox´s attacks, but she is supposed to be the one who truly cared about her planet and its citizens she was attacking and terr0rizing for years, and DiD NuThInG WrOnG and deserves to rule for the 3rd time because the soy cowboy can´t stop to j*** off to her.

[@wastedaudio4565]

*You just shot three people and are in the court room* Judge: "We are going to let you leave Sir, as you are being who you are meant to be 😘"

[@mr_bluegreen2214]

The Acolyte is a show of constant 'Why?' Why did they put Plagueis in the final? Why did they show Yoda? Why didn't Yoda sense the Sith? Why did they show a romance between Osha and the main antagonist? It was rushed and wasn't earned. But the biggest why is: Why did Disney dump $180 million for this poorly executed show? 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@youngog9150]

white collar crime

[@rjsalvador1935]

Why Leslie Headlund??

[@Bonafidius]

lol yoda didn’t sense the sith in the prequels either; that doesn’t work

[@lemonjuice54860]

The real mystery is how they managed to spend $180 million. When compared to Dune 2 or House of dragons series with similar budgets the quality of this show is farcical. It definitely wasn't spent on the writing.

[@demyxix1273]

Leslie gets 1-2 million per episode for her work and then also 1mio for her Wife and so on.

[@Ryan-xz7qp]

Spent on advertising and damage control.

[@echobend6]

Money laundering

[@Mouse_Metal]

They have to pay the troll farms spreading fake hype and rage-baiting the fans.

[@John_Locke_108]

For 47 years the Jedi were the ultimate good guys in entertainment. And than this show comes along and destroys them. Why? For what purpose.

[@youngog9150]

Nowadays being edgy is cool. Everything is fluid there's no good or bad apparently

[@pamelalansbury94]

I’ve never thought Disney was going “too woke” with their new Star Wars material, but this last episode finally got me to see it. It felt like it was written by someone with an “all cops are bad” bumper sticker.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

Just to say "look we've turned everything upside down" as it was genius and not just morons not getting a freaking clue about the story they adapt in the first place.

[@grapfen587]

The Jedi represent discipline, self control and compassion / coexistence. Despite what these people always claim about themselves, those are usually not merits they posses. They don't have any discipline or self control (as evident by their uncontrolled emotional outbursts on social media when being critizised). They don't care about anyone but themselves and despite preaching inclusiveness, they only want to coexist with people that think exactly like they do with no other views being tolerated. In short, the Jedi represent everything they can't achieve and their jealousy spiraled out of control until they couldn't take it anymore and had to try and publicly denounce the jedi so they can feel good about their pathetic selves.

[@rey_nemaattori]

To blur the lines between the concepts of Good and Bad, so no one can tell them their degeneracy is a bad thing, to the point they have to break the one unequivocally clear force of Good(the Jedi) has to be deconstructed in order for their madness to be accepted. It's a reflection of the whole progressive paradigm: if there's not absolute good and absolute evil we can do whatever we like and we can deflect any criticism.

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

"Remember, Palpatine wasn't evil, he was just being his true self. He was bringing peace and security to the galaxy ravaged by the war that he had full control over. He was a hero, a visionary, the Senate. Unfortunately, he was overthrown by an ignorant farm boy who didn't know anything about politics and his right-hand man who stabbed him in the back for trying to introduce a bit of discipline to said farm boy's life, who he clearly didn't have his father there to teach him right from wrong. Sadly, history books are written by the victors, and Palpatine will continue to be villified for the crime of being himself..."

[@oswaldorodriguez1453]

hahahahaha

[@Mouse_Metal]

Nice! :D

[@iggi3985]

You don’t corrupt a kyber crystal by simply holding the lightsaber while being upset. This goes again to show that Disney doesn’t understand the force or Star Wars

[@oswaldorodriguez1453]

This made me really mad. Wasnt suposed to be a ritual that takes time and dedication?

[@venomousdc_0142]

Funny thing is that Disney themselves made the 'bleeding' of kyber crystals and Acolyte that do it properly! Jedi Survivor is the only media that shows I'm real time of kyber bleeding, everything else is comics.

[@venomousdc_0142]

Funny thing is that Disney themselves made the 'bleeding' of kyber crystals and Acolyte that do it properly! Jedi Survivor is the only media that shows I'm real time of kyber bleeding, everything else is comics.

[@Mouse_Metal]

It is a stupid retcon which never made any sense.

[@iggi3985]

@@oswaldorodriguez1453 well the original method was that the red crystals were synthetic as they didn’t form naturally. This was George Lucas’ era. Disney changed it that it that you bleed the crystal by corrupting it, which ultimately isn’t a bad concept etc but even with that, you are correct, it was a process that wasn’t easy

[@Lone_Star86]

The story was all over the place! The mae/osha actress could NOT act, not care her friends were massacred in front of her then wanting to sh*g the very murder who killed them! Same face in every scene for every emotion! They made the justification from the Jedi bad. Sol acted in self defense against a Space Witch that could literally turn into a smoke monster at the wrong time! Osha kills her master without even asking him why he killed her crazy child abusive space witch mom! Bald green jedi whip dominatrix nepo actress couldn't act and had zero reasons behind her actions! Look I could go on and on! Nothing in this story makes sense and seriously was written by a person with severe learning difficulties who escaped from a mental asylum 🤦

[@MustardSkaven]

Stenberg's acting is even worse than usual in this final episode.

[@idiot_city5444]

It was laughable. Hopefully this tanks her career, she's truly awful at it

[@crazyralph6386]

She’s even worse than that Reeeva actress 😂

[@44ThaNatos44]

We saw her "so angry I'm turning to the dark side" and "I've missed you for so long sister" faces. Spoiler, it's the same as all the others.

[@idiot_city5444]

@@crazyralph6386 which is seriously saying something

[@omegashenron8]

I couldn't stop laughing during the "good bye" scene while they were spouting "you are with me" non sense. It was so bad lol

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

Jesus fucking Christ it took Vader a couple days to figure out how to bleed a Jedi kyber crystal to turn it red. He nearly blew up the room he was standing in. What the actual fuck.

[@rain0450]

Lee Jung-jae should fire his agent.

[@patriciaa65]

At least Squid Games 2 is coming, what a waste of talent

[@rain0450]

@@patriciaa65 he was the best part of this show. Manny Jacinto also deserved better.

[@sittinguphigh]

@@patriciaa65I feel so bad, the guy probably dreamt of being in something like Star Wars. But when he finally got the call it was for this.. can’t exactly turn down Star Wars and expect to get a different chance down the road.

[@patriciaa65]

💯 agree, the only thing good is that people are realizing Manny Jacinto is leading man material

[@Theworthlessopinion]

My prediction- the Rey movie gets made but it is treated and marketed as something else. Instead of “Rey the movie” it’s promoted as an ensemble cast “the new Jedi order” movie.

[@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus]

Never get made as the Rey movie. Id even say she probably won't be in it much if it does so you might be right. Personally I don't think any of it will be made. I think they'll go after KotR but I hope not.

[@Theworthlessopinion]

@@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus only time will tell! I mean I hope none of it gets made for sure. This could definitely go one of a hundred different ways. Unfortunately, I’m operating under the assumption that this only gets worse unless I see convincing evidence otherwise

[@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus]

@@Theworthlessopinion As long as The Mouse is still involved I really don't see it getting much better. Really breaks my heart. All of us really long time fans and even younger ones are sick of it. Lucas hates what they have done. Disney can't keep going like this with any of their IPs though. They're going to go bankrupt.

[@Theworthlessopinion]

@@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus it really is so sad! It shouldn’t be this hard to make fans happy. I decided a few years ago to look elsewhere besides mainstream Hollywood for my entertainment. That’s been a very good decision lol

[@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus]

@@Theworthlessopinion No doubt. The stories are already written. Heck bring back the EU and do some stuff. It all has to be to please a small percentage of the people now and not the fans anymore. I hate to say it but SW is pretty much dead unless they start knocking it out of the park.

[@timoteoseagedetoffol8795]

Me (seeing Osha turning evil): "I have expected this and I am still let down."

[@ehdbom]

Worst part is that she did it to protect her sister, but her sister won’t remember anything so what is the fucking point. Protecting her from what? Oh, yeah shes just buying Osha and Smilo Ren a little time (don’t mind the time it takes for them to do the procedure) so they can escape. Also why would Mae turn herself in if she despise the jedi so much, wouldn’t she even said she would be locked up. Which would have ruined the life of Mae and seperated the sisters forever and that was what they were trying to avoid in the first place. And how the f does Smilo Ren find/teleport to them instantly and says to them that the jedi can find them the same way he did then the jedi instead proceeds to follow the stupid otter again. Also since when have we had mind wiping?

[@Scar_117]

I guess sith dude forgot that he had a helmet AND an arm gauntlet made out of crotosis, he could have used that on multiple ocasions to defeat Sol! I guess Headland only ripped that from the lore just for that one tiny scene just to be cool. And OSHA force chocking? Someone who barely just began to have darkside thoughts and tendencies, hasn't been trained AT ALL for years, just knows how to force choke A JEDI MASTER out of no where. And that Kyber Crystal color change? That is just some straight up dog shit. I don't remember Anakin's saber turning color lmao. And damn they did Sol dirty. He did nothing wrong, killing the EVIL head witch was 100% justified. Yet his reputation and character was totally destroyed. I hate that green bald Jedi for everything she did and how she hid everything. Showing Yoda was a mistake, just further making the Jedi look incompetent and straight up dumb. And are they implying that Plagueis got the idea to create life from Osha/Mae? That would be horrible! Just everything about this was destructive on all the lore. This shows that Headland has no idea wtf she's doing and/or is just doing this on purpose. Making the Jedi look dumb, trying to piss us all off, trying to destroy the lore, what Lucas created, what the fans have created.

[@Rizzan8]

1. And OSHA force chocking? Someone who barely just began to have darkside thoughts and tendencies, hasn't been trained AT ALL for years, just knows how to force choke A JEDI MASTER out of no where. Don't you know that in Star Wars "Strong Female Characters" (Sabine, Rey, Osha) are force masters the second they unlock the ability to use it? 2. And that Kyber Crystal color change? That is just some straight up dog shit. I don't remember Anakin's saber turning color lmao. It's called Bleeding the Kyber Crystal and has been shown in the comics The Rise of Kylo Ren, Darth Vader (2017) and in the game Jedi Survivor. 3. Showing Yoda was a mistake, just further making the Jedi look incompetent and straight up dumb. Not the first time when Yoda hides some nasty stuff (Nameless in High Republic). 4. Just everything about this was destructive on all the lore. There is no longer "the lore". It has been thrown out to a dumpster in 2015 (and even sometimes by George Lucas in The Clone Wars - remember Korriban/Moraband, Dathomir and Shredder Darth Bane?).

[@lukaszojej2110]

​@@Rizzan8 about the bleeding cyber crystals it isnt something that just happens when u are angry and holding a crystal. You need to focus your anger on it like it was shown for example in survivor

[@GewoonKayGames]

@@Rizzan8 Reading your responses it very hard to find out if you are defending the plot points or not.

[@GamingProspector84]

Sol is an NPC simply going along with the plot. He’s like the tag-along characters you’d get in a video game, if the plot wants him to do something ~ he does it, if the plot doesn’t want him to do something ~ he can’t. The writers (because they don’t know SW) don’t understand Jedi can sense danger and people’s intentions like a ‘spidey-sense’. If they were even on the level of a hack they wouldn’t have killed him in such a pathetic way.

[@_.tbx10]

​@@GewoonKayGames I thought it was bro defending the show but its not a defense. Just adding on to the previous points

[@gamerkingdom1442]

I bet that DISNEY will still blame the fans for this disaster of a show, no matter what…

[@skyneko136]

Disney will never admit that this DEI crap has failed them so blaming the fans is all they got left

[@MyFace-ie3tj]

Also kinda mad sol died because he did nothing wrong and felt like the only actor trying

[@andremets]

Sol’ fate was sealed the moment Smile-o-Ren revealed he was Sith. Can’t break canon, don’t you know? 😂

[@patriciaa65]

I knew he would have to die but being Force choked? Still pissed me off 😆

[@44ThaNatos44]

Imagine if there is a season 2... The main actors left are Mae/Osha, Vernestra and Qimir. Mono-expression twins and everlying unlikeable Jedi. Manny can only do so much.

[@patriciaa65]

haaaaaaate

[@jedediahreaver210]

Master squid games? i never bothered watching it

[@theredguy92]

10 years, 20 dead jedi, 50 dead lesbian space witches, 3 Sith appearances and we finally tell Yoda. Kinda 😂

[@marin4767]

Green women tries to hide the whole situation from the high council, proceeds to tell the grand master.

[@sykune]

I think she was going to come clean to master Yoda and perhaps explain why she did what she did. It's possible she gets expelled from the jedi order for her actions. Or she was going to tell him he old apprentice had fallen.

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

It's like the writers scraped what dregs was left at the bottom of the barrel to create whatever mess Alcolyte was.

[@PaulaBean]

Deus-ex-machina.

[@GamingProspector84]

3 writers and Lesley, apparently 2 of the 3 never read/watched SW before 🤦‍♂️

[@ManMeetsGamez]

So any despot is just being his true self. Got it, thanks disney, you finally cleared it up. Bad guys aren't bad, they are just feeling themselves.

[@JimUK]

Was Hitler just being who he wanted to be? the mind boggles.

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

And the worst part is that, knowing Disney, the Acolyte will get the greenlight for a second season of this garbage, despite the negative reviews and how much they bastardized the franchise.

[@justinjones5296]

When we grew up Star Wars taught us to always fight against your inner demons to do the right thing.....Headland is teaching kids(from a lesbien point of view) to give into your inner demons and its not a big deal....makes sense the evil person is trying to justify her evil and pushing it onto children and families....

[@fancylong]

She was Harvey Weinstein's acolyte, her master taught her well.

[@lifevlog6216]

Now, I’m not the most Star Wars savvy fan, but aren’t the Sith the bad guys and the Jedi the good guys?

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

That's the way it's supposed to work

[@sykune]

Yes but the darkside is supposed to be seductive now. I mean it was before but now it really is lol

[@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689]

Yes, simple as that.

[@lucasgtr7256]

I was waiting for the scene show at the end where Quimir, Osha and Plagueis are shown sitting around the camp fire, holding hands and singing songs🤣🤣🤣

[@andremets]

…and the ratty tracker IT creature. He joined team Mae for some insane reason.

[@JeremyToh]

defund the jedi. make the sith great again

[@ratedg5039]

Remember, most garbage can be recycled. This show is LESS than garbage.

[@skyneko136]

They'll try to recycle it into an expanded comic series or toys, just hoping to make some money

[@WhiskyCardinalWes]

It can be burned in an incinerator plant to make electricity..... maybe.

[@Merializer]

People have it all wrong; Disney is actually posting documentaries on how to make bad movies.

[@matt_r.2510]

In Disney SW, Palpatine isn't evil, he was just misunderstood and trying to be himself. The Jedi are evil because they don't let people be their true selves.

[@robot-hive2022]

This series made my brain go full ret-ard..

[@Hydracat404]

Not only yours buddy, ... not only yours! 🥲

[@briannickel6813]

It's a DEI thing.

[@maryjane-ez8db]

"never go full ret-ard"

[@PlTTY]

Me 3

[@Pepe-rf1zg]

I think it already was if you watched the whole series....

[@ericgarcia4745]

Pretty soon we'll see a time travelling sith that'll delete Anakin from the timeline cannon and introduce a female chosen one instead Terminator Dark Fate style 😂

[@user-jh8iw7in9x]

Ngl this might actually happen knowing Disney sadly

[@Mouse_Metal]

Ahwoka is basically this already.

[@bassman8144]

I think the problem with season 1 was that they didn’t have a big enough budget. The budget for season 2 needs to be at least $300 million. Think of how many islands that would buy😳

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

I think you are still setting the budget too low. What's Disney's current market value? They should use ALL of that for the next season. This way Disney might finally go bankrupt and can be replaced by hopefully better studios.

[@petermerchant7141]

Why is a sith holding hands with his apprentice!!

[@Nix-nb3zn]

I think the writers misunderstood “the rule of two” hahahahaha

[@Mouse_Metal]

Because shippers gonna ship.

[@Silverguise]

"Did you kill my mother?" "Yes" "Why?" "Because she started transforming into some sort of demon while also turning your sister into ash. The f was I supposed to do? Watch? So you could blame me for her actual death?"

[@wallyman292]

What was with the light saber turning from blue to red??? I understand the symbolism, of course, but isn't the color of a saber a direct result of the "mineral" (or "gem", or whatever) used to power it? It doesn't just magically change to red just because the person holding it turned evil, right???

[@gsniroshan]

May be she is trying to tell us her former boss is not a bad guy. He was just being his true self 😂

[@Mouse_Metal]

She was just being her true self when she was working for him.

[@marvlouslie2053]

The one thing that they failed at with making the main character likable, was finding a main ACTRESS that was likeable.

[@ehdbom]

Except Sol, but his writing is lame and doesn’t make sense.

[@MyFace-ie3tj]

I love how they undermined palatines slow manipulation to turn Anakin it took possibly the greatest mastermind and strongest sith 13 years

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

"Modern Audience" EN-MASS is playing Concord and watching Acolyte. Low numbers show how "huge" that "Modern Audience" is.

[@IkarusKommt]

There is at least 26,000 people seeding this show right now. It is pretty popular outside of the nerddom.

[@friendlyavatar3358]

Darth Vader to Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode 3: "From my point of view the Jedi are evil". The Acolyte: "The Jedi are evil!" So murdering children is a good thing now and good and bad is now just an opinion from a certain point of view! Thanks for that lesson Disney 💀. Guess Disney is not so child friendly anymore...

[@IkarusKommt]

On KZbin, there are plenty of characters that want death penalty for 11 YO children. Are they evil?

[@tk9780]

The Acolyte, a show justifying someone becoming evil, sounds like a reflection on someone's real life.

[@caesurabreak3528]

And people wonder why there is such a lack of humanity in light of last weekend's events. Thanks disney!

[@pamelalansbury94]

People think what happened last weekend was fake because the person it happened to has been calling reality fake news for 6 years. People have no sympathy for what happened because the people at that rally have been wearing “fuck your feelings” t-shirts for 6 years. Disney didn’t do any of that.

[@thiscommentwillbedeletedso5211]

Master Squid games did nothing wrong.

[@chamuuemura5314]

Castle doctrine doesn’t exist at Disney. MSG was guilty of defensing himself, his team, and the girls. Never mind the fire that would’ve killed a lot of them anyway was started by the girl.

[@lordanderson8090]

@@chamuuemura5314what bruv said MSG

[@davfree9732]

Got to admit, Squid Games tried to repair the damage done by the evil mothers... But I guess some people just won't be helped.

[@szortalini]

Wong*

[@ewafarrukh2311]

At least the actor can remove himself from this dumpster fire 😂 he probably didn’t understand the script and that’s how he ended up there.

[@armi999]

The only trouble with trying to be objective is that they will still attack you for not liking the show, they'll just claim some BS reason rather than being able to twist a quote.

[@hemaccabe4292]

I try not to be a cancel person, but considering the disgusting, horrific crimes of Ms Leslye Headland, it's hard to imagine watching anything she was a part of.

[@MastaFlash13]

This show is so bad it makes the movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor look amazing

[@John_Locke_108]

Because it was amazing. But than again I was 8 and it was 40 years ago so what do I know.

[@mikekelley2877]

The Ewok movies were always good, 100 times better than anything Disney has ever made.

[@hungtheheroluu]

The Ewoks movies are something I'd consider canon over the Acolyte and the Sequel trilogy.

[@bananadoppiotm1088]

NOOOOOO, PLEASE THIS IS STARTING TO BE USED AS A TORTURE METHOD IN THE CIA I BEG YOU! HELP! HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLPPPP

[@Doggyps3]

Dude.. that lightsaber turning red because she evil now is without a doubt one of the dumb3st things they could think of.. absolutely stupid

[@Mercur1alMarti4n]

It’s called bleeding the kyber crystal. It’s a known thing in established lore, albeit, this wasn’t the best representation of it.

[@Doggyps3]

@@Mercur1alMarti4n but you have to take the Crystal out.. and theres no way it gradually turns red like that.. it was just stupid.. Jedi Survivor did it better

[@venomousdc_0142]

​@@Mercur1alMarti4nbro watch Jedi Survivor, watch any YT video covering Vader and Kylo Ren bleeding their crystals. ALL of them had to pour in their intense anger and hatred into their KYBER CRYSTALS for it to bleed properly.

[@Mouse_Metal]

@@Mercur1alMarti4n It is a ret4rd3d retcon and it never made any sense. Even if we consider this absurd retcon canon it should not work that fast. Anakin´s lightsaber didn´t change its color when he was killing the Tuskens or during Order 66.

[@TK000Master]

you are absolutely right expect with Velma season 2 that was the old trick netflix invented "order 1 production season with double the amount of episodes and release them as season 1 and 2 to the audience" so no hate watching did not gave us Velma season 2.

[@tbone9474]

The difference with Velma, is that they already did season 2 when season 1 came out, as it was in essence 1 season split in 2. Both are horrendous garbage but that's the only reason Velma had a "2nd season"

[@itree4]

If you want to fix the Acolyte, simple, don’t make it. 💯👍🏾 😂😂

[@ludovicflames4643]

We need a petition to disney to make The Acolyte non-canon and categorize it as fan fiction. I will sign it !

[@isitPC]

The final scene should have been Obi-Wan waking up from a fever, and expressing that he just had the most terrible dream, and that he wished Yoda was here to make sense of it all. Then The Doctor calmly lays him back down into bed and reassures him everything will be ok, before prancing off into his TARDIS and flying away.

[@lordanderson8090]

Spitting facts

[@mechgouki7999]

My dog just left a big pile of acolye on the carpet.

[@Space-ei8lv]

The emperor was just “being his true self” no need to try and stop him.

[@jasonhayes238]

This is what happens when you're writers didn't know anything about Star wars and used AI

[@meisteryoda4263]

If Osha could break Sol's neck, why could not Anakin break Obi Wan's neck? That does not make any sense for me

[@pamelalansbury94]

Was she breaking his neck or just choking him out?

[@meisteryoda4263]

@@pamelalansbury94 That does not even matter!

[@Bacontats]

Better question - if osha and Mae are the same person in two bodies, but didn’t mae force choke Sol in Ep 2? She’s been angry for a long time her couldn’t do that…

[@meisteryoda4263]

@@Bacontats When did Mae force choke Sol? I can not remember it. Or do I understand something wrong?

[@Bacontats]

@@meisteryoda4263 meant to say “why didn’t Mae force choke Sol”

[@Piragno]

Spoilers Small correction: Vernestra didn't believe Sol to be responsible at all, she framed him because it's dead to cover up her mess up with Qmir

[@JanKuiper-hb7dk]

This show is the gift that keeps on giving. Every time I wonder, how are they going to screw up this time, and they just manage to go beyond my expectations.

[@fancylong]

Subverting expectations is their stock in trade.

[@WTF_BBQ]

This ain't star wars bruh...... It's a soap opera with DEI actors and light bulbs...

[@Narukamiiii]

The whole "killing without a weapon" was their way of setting up Osha using force choke before Anakin, this is beyond brainrot

[@davesilkstone6912]

Be who you are meant to be. Leslye Headland's reasoning for being Harvey Weinstein's enabler

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

That seems to be the "Message".

[@hydlidevlog]

finally, this is done. If there is going to be a season 2, I am going to cancel my internet connection.

[@ezequielnazario6544]

I'm not watching this. We as fans need to stop watching these garbage shows

[@spittinvenom9843]

I’ve watched more reviews trashing this show than the show itself

[@animesjogoseseriesclassica8282]

I just imagine the olympic level of mental ginastics that these people do to convince themselves that everyone is wrong and their show is great.

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahahahahaha

[@protestant3207]

Hollywood muddying rhe waters of morality

[@Mouse_Metal]

It´s more mud than water at this point.

[@avocado9157]

180 million Disney just wasting money should of went to kenobi

[@Gharon]

A story can only be as smart as its writer and Disney Star Wars is a perfect showcase for that.

[@caelumzzz]

Mae didn't want osha to be a jedi but was perfectly fine with her becoming a sith? What were they smoking when they made this writing man 🤦‍♂

[@Hollyclown]

Palpatine wasn’t evil, he was just being himself.

[@xenxander]

lIght sabres don't turn red when you turn to the dark side. A sith makes his own red blade. They went against even their own story~! Okay think about it. Anakin's blue light sabre is in five movies.. count them, five. Darth Vader has his red light sabre easily.. and yet his blue original is still around? Hmmmmmm, no. Not if THIS episode is to be believed, that when you turn, your blade turns... See? They can't even story tell.

[@user-id1tz9lr8l]

Lee Jung-jae must be so happy that his character was killed off. He won't have to endure being a part of a possible season two.

[@sebbenforte]

The sheer amount of "we need this character to be rendered unconscious for an indeterminate amount of time so the plot can happen" is SO HIGH.

[@Scylithen]

It's crap? It's crap. Aww man, there is not enough bog-roll, air freshener or scentbird in the world to take away that smell. Time to go gargle with the toilet duck 😫😞

[@Hydracat404]

Stop insulting crap!😅

[@CJ-cb4gj]

This is why yall should be watching more anime.

[@dontkave2641]

Green lady looks like she walked off the set of star trek

[@SirGreta]

I grew up in an era where bad guys were just that. Make Bad guys bad again!

[@sehr-kreativ9049]

Wtf! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="86">1:26</a> is that a Rebell alliance helmet??

[@mickeyd8768]

I laughed at that too!

[@takuid]

omfg lmao

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

4:41 She has the rebel alliance symbol on her robes too.

[@Mouse_Metal]

@@BiggieTrismegistus Does it mean another pointless retcon of the origin of the symbol is comming? 🙄

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

The only good thing the Acolyte has were the lightsaber duels and the smiling Sith helmet 😂...

[@dac9141]

the only likable character, Sol, has to die because the witch, as a smoke monster, accidentally ran into the lightsaber and he didn't explain it to Osha but admitted that he killed her. What a ridiculous, brainless story. How can anyone like this? Fiction must be believable; otherwise, it's just nonsense.

[@xgray2012]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="400">6:40</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="404">6:44</a> Yeah, but the difference is that HBO Max's "Velma" was being ordered for 20 episodes, and it was unnecessarily split into two seasons. Disney, on the other hand, just wasted $180 million in a project that was essentially seen as a really expensive therapy session for Leslye Headland. And there are no plans for a continuation of the story. It was just done in one. So, I don't believe that we are actually getting a second season of "the Acolytes" if they don't know that they should continue the story. Sequels have to be earned not given in a silver platter.

[@thesaltyweeb]

Everyone: "Shikanokonokokoshtantan is brain rot" The Acolyte: Hold my green milk...

[@Yattayatta]

They are crying racism, but I've not seen any of the big reviewers saying anything to that effect, the only thing about race is like, there are 2 white guys in the entire show and they both look like absolute milk toast whimps. On the contrary, people often bring up Lando and Mace Windu as some of their favorite characters, and Amandala was beloved prior to the acolyte, on top of that she is amazingly beautiful. The entire problem this show has is that the plot is beyond stupid and the pacing is slower than a dead snail on a glacier.

[@goldenagegoodies4145]

In this series, Leslie wrote her life biography, focusing on her time working for Harvey. This includes her troubling obsession with kidnapping young children and taking them to isolated islands. Such actions echo the practices of individuals who deceitfully label these disturbing activities as "family" endeavors, similar to the actions of the witches in this series!!!!!!.